Quote from: TwitchySeal on January 31, 2020, 11:37:35 PM

I was actually really impressed with Schiff throughout the trial. Especially his closing argument last Friday. He was in a league of his own compared to the other House prosecutors.

With some help from Bolton, he forced them to pivot their main defense from 'he didn't do it' last Saturday => 'he did it, but not because Biden was running' => 'even if he did do it, it's fine'.

Schiff gave some good speeches. I didn't like anytime any of them would mock the other side or play political games. It just makes a joke out of it all IMO instead of it being a serious undertaking. And it just reflect bad on you if you can't make your argument without mocking your opponent. Makes you look weak and ineffective.

Quote from: TwitchySeal on January 31, 2020, 11:37:35 PM

Sekulow and Dershowitz were also very strong. I completely disagree with Dershowitz' constitutional argument, but I can see why he's the guy OJ, Epstein and Harvey Weinstein called when they got in trouble.

Can't stand Sekulow. I've always felt he was a scum bag ambulance chaser type guy. Seems that, if what is now being alleged is true, I was right.

Quote from: TwitchySeal on January 31, 2020, 11:37:35 PM

Judge Roberts didn't do much, but for some reason I really like the guy after watching him mostly just sit there.

It's not his job to do anything really and I appreciated his "no" to breaking ties. I don't know if it's really right or not but I liked his principled reason for it.

Quote from: TwitchySeal on January 31, 2020, 11:37:35 PM

If any of the Republican senators choose to run for president in the next few decades, the no witness vote they just had will very likely come back to haunt them.

I doubt it. The majority of the public have the memory of a gnat and most don't care anymore. They just vote for their king and thus any representative no matter how bad the person is as long as he's of the kings party.